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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons - September 17th, 1978
Cleveland Browns 24 at Atlanta Falcons 16
Sunday, September 17, 1978
Cleveland Browns 24, Atlanta Falcons 16| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (3-0-0) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-2-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Scoring
| CLE | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Fred Steinfort 24 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | CLE | Don Cockroft 43 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome 2 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 3 | |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback 15 yard rush (Fred Steinfort kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| CLE | Reggie Rucker 27 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| 4th | ATL | Ray Strong 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 17 | 16 |
| CLE | Brian Sipe 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 24 | 16 |
Team Stats
| CLE | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-110-1 | 30-87-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-35-219-2-0 | 11-28-188-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-21 | 6-41 |
| Net pass yards | 198 | 147 |
| Total yards | 308 | 234 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-133 | 14-113 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 20 | 35 | 219 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 27 | ||||||
| Mike Pruitt | CLE | 15 | 65 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Dave Logan | CLE | 5 | 63 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | CLE | 3 | 57 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Miller | CLE | 7 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | CLE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Larry Collins | CLE | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Gary Parris | CLE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tom Sullivan | CLE | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 7 | 15 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 2 | 61 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 3 | 48 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 3 | 42 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| June Jones | ATL | 4 | 13 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 7 | 31 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 7 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 5 | 19 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 10 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Dick Ambrose | CLE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Collins | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Irons | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Wright | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Strong | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||